Youth baseball segregation was alive and well in Oxford, Miss., in 1978 -- until my dad killed it, writes IndyStar sports columnist Gregg Doyel.

Much like the 1979 and 1980 Topps sets that followed it, the 1978 Topps set is primarily known for a single, quintessential rookie card. In 1979, it was Ozzie Smith. In 1980, it was Rickey Henderson.

Indeed, if anything, after watching 1978 baseball, you'll realize this about the game in 2018: (1) Hitting is much more difficult now, given how hard the pitchers throw; (2) Pitching is much more ...

Lessons from Tony La Russa During the 1978 season, there weren’t many disappointments. “We went to the park every day knowing we were going to win,” said Dotson who spent 12 years in the ...

Bob Brower, a 1978 graduate and the only athlete ever to letter in four sports in one year at James Madison High School, is one of those legendary figures. The type of figure whose name has grown ...

Dave Parker, a two-time World Series champion and 1978 MVP who was set to get inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame next month, died Saturday following a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s ...

Upon his hire in 1978, baseball was an afterthought at Kentucky. Four decades later, UK opened Kentucky Proud Park , a sparkling, state-of-the-art facility that cost $49 million to build and has ...

Local baseball cheerleaders then stepped up to the plate with an idea to build a baseball park that would see action until 1978. Baseball cheerleaders Konrad Testwuide, L.E. Larson, C.E. Broughton ...